Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea plicatula |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Ostrea plicatula | species | belongs to Ostrea | stated without evidence | Gmelin, 1791 | Ostrea plicatula | species | belongs to Ostrea | implied | El-Hedeny, 2005 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 11.6 Ma Miocene |
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Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Ostreidae) |
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Motility | stationary, attached (based on Ostreidae) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Ostreidae) |
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Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostreidae) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. M. El-Hedeny. 2005. Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Middle Miocene oysters from Wadi Sudr, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genéve 24(2):719-733 |
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